Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Sean Anderson <> | Subject | [PATCH net-next v2 02/13] sunhme: Remove version | Date | Fri, 23 Sep 2022 21:53:28 -0400 |
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Module versions are not very useful:
> The basic problem is, the version string does not identify the sources > with enough accuracy. It says nothing about back ported fixes in > stable kernels. It tells you nothing about vendor patches to the > network core, etc.
https://lore.kernel.org/all/Yf6mtvA1zO7cdzr7@lunn.ch/
While we're at it, inline the author and use the driver name a bit more.
Signed-off-by: Sean Anderson <seanga2@gmail.com> ---
(no changes since v1)
drivers/net/ethernet/sun/sunhme.c | 17 ++--------------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/sunhme.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/sunhme.c index 987f4c7338f5..7340d0f2ef93 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/sunhme.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/sunhme.c @@ -61,15 +61,8 @@ #include "sunhme.h" #define DRV_NAME "sunhme" -#define DRV_VERSION "3.10" -#define DRV_RELDATE "August 26, 2008" -#define DRV_AUTHOR "David S. Miller (davem@davemloft.net)" -static char version[] = - DRV_NAME ".c:v" DRV_VERSION " " DRV_RELDATE " " DRV_AUTHOR "\n"; - -MODULE_VERSION(DRV_VERSION); -MODULE_AUTHOR(DRV_AUTHOR); +MODULE_AUTHOR("David S. Miller (davem@davemloft.net)"); MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Sun HappyMealEthernet(HME) 10/100baseT ethernet driver"); MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); @@ -2451,8 +2444,7 @@ static void hme_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *dev, struct ethtool_drvinfo *info { struct happy_meal *hp = netdev_priv(dev); - strscpy(info->driver, "sunhme", sizeof(info->driver)); - strscpy(info->version, "2.02", sizeof(info->version)); + strscpy(info->driver, DRV_NAME, sizeof(info->driver)); if (hp->happy_flags & HFLAG_PCI) { struct pci_dev *pdev = hp->happy_dev; strscpy(info->bus_info, pci_name(pdev), sizeof(info->bus_info)); @@ -2488,8 +2480,6 @@ static const struct ethtool_ops hme_ethtool_ops = { .set_link_ksettings = hme_set_link_ksettings, }; -static int hme_version_printed; - #ifdef CONFIG_SBUS /* Given a happy meal sbus device, find it's quattro parent. * If none exist, allocate and return a new one. @@ -2973,9 +2963,6 @@ static int happy_meal_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, goto err_out; SET_NETDEV_DEV(dev, &pdev->dev); - if (hme_version_printed++ == 0) - printk(KERN_INFO "%s", version); - hp = netdev_priv(dev); hp->happy_dev = pdev; -- 2.37.1
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